qml.inv

inv(operation_list)

Invert a list of operations or a template.

If the inversion happens inside a QNode, the operations are removed and requeued in the reversed order for proper inversion.

Warning

Use of inv() is deprecated and should be replaced with adjoint().

Example:

The following example illuminates the inversion of a template:

@qml.template
def ansatz(weights, wires):
    for idx, wire in enumerate(wires):
        qml.RX(weights[idx], wires=[wire])

    for idx in range(len(wires) - 1):
        qml.CNOT(wires=[wires[idx], wires[idx + 1]])

dev = qml.device('default.qubit', wires=2)

@qml.qnode(dev)
def circuit(weights):
    qml.inv(ansatz(weights, wires=[0, 1]))
    return qml.expval(qml.PauliZ(0) @ qml.PauliZ(1))

We may also invert an operation sequence:

dev = qml.device('default.qubit', wires=2)

@qml.qnode(dev)
def circuit1():
    qml.T(wires=[0]).inv()
    qml.Hadamard(wires=[0]).inv()
    qml.S(wires=[0]).inv()
    return qml.expval(qml.PauliZ(0) @ qml.PauliZ(1))

@qml.qnode(dev)
def circuit2():
    qml.inv([qml.S(wires=[0]), qml.Hadamard(wires=[0]), qml.T(wires=[0])])
    return qml.expval(qml.PauliZ(0) @ qml.PauliZ(1))

Double checking that both circuits produce the same output:

>>> ZZ1 = circuit1()
>>> ZZ2 = circuit2()
>>> assert ZZ1 == ZZ2
True

Parameters

operation_list (Iterable[Operation]) – An iterable of operations

Returns

The inverted list of operations

Return type

List[Operation]